HDD LED light and RAM usage

Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus/Smart Security Beta' started by yongsua, May 6, 2011.

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  1. yongsua

    yongsua Registered Member

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    Hi,after installed the BETA version I realize that my HDD LED light blinks more often than the previous version.Besides,it uses more RAM usage than the previous version.I hope the version 5 can be as light as EAV 4.Thanks.
     
  2. SweX

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    Hmm... mine is not using more RAM it's at 26MB at the moment 70Mb at most :doubt:
     
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    Mine is using 59-70MB:(
     
  4. SweX

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    But that's normal my friend, and it's absolutely not higher than version 4.2 ;)
     
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    No.For me,the V4 was much lower than V5.
     
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    Hi,I just realize my ESET BETA uses lesser RAM usage.It is just as light as the previous version.Besides,I realize that whenever I initially install any ESET products,the RAM usage that uses by ESET is high.After a few hours or days,its RAM usage will become lesser and lesser.Could anyone explain this?Thanks.
     
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    While ekrn.exe RAM average is 80 MB, I dont care.
    I hope this can speed up the on demand scanner by 50%
     
  10. SweX

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    So do you feel that it's heavy on your system, do you feel a drag during different tasks?

    FYI, version 4.2 had about the same RAM usage so it's not a big change, if any.

    For me it's just as light, if not EVEN lighter to be honest :thumb:
     
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    Haha.... See that's what I told you ;)
     
  12. Coccinelle

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    I run Windows 7 \x64,
    and Eset Nod32 4.2 use 60 000Ko Ram.
    The new Beta use 71 000 Ko.
    Avast and Norton Antivirus use 10 000 Ko.
    Can Eset use the same?
     
  13. SweX

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    No because they are developed differently.

    Why do you want ekrn.exe to use 10MB of RAM?

    FYI. Ekrn.exe includes all the protection loaded into the memory, and that helps reduce the I/O writes etc..., wich in return makes it run much lighter on the system. :thumb:

    FYI. Only because Norton uses 10MB of RAM doesn't make it lighter on the system. ;)
     
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    Yes is trouth but Norton is light.:D
     
  15. Coccinelle

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    Yes i now becous Eset have a 2 proces for all.
     
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    Agreed.Norton is one of the vendor that trying to lower RAM usage by hiding it by using virtual memory or the pagefile instead of physical memory (RAM).
     
  17. SweX

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    Exactly, not good.
     
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    Ram 4.2 = 5.0 for me


    Scan

    v 4.2 - 1h40m

    v5.0 - 1h07m
     
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    Memory usage on win7 x64

    Old version 4.2 = 58,500 KB
    New Beta 5.0.65 = 83,920 KB

    Uses more ram , but waaaaaaaaay faster
    System is as responsive as not using any AV Suite at all :D :D :D
     
  20. SweX

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    Indeed, I agree. And it feels like when I'm browsing it goes faster now too.
    So they must have made some improvements to the Web-Access module :thumb:
     
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    ^This is what we should be thinking.

    Why are people still complaining about RAM usage? I think there should be a setting for people that don't want to use any RAM so it can run entirely from the page file so that all of their RAM is free. I say run as much of it in RAM as possible so it is as fast as it can be. I don't buy RAM for it to sit empty. o_O
     
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    50%? I hpoe you mean 200%. 200% = twice as fast since 100% is 1 or in this case the current scan speed. Bad explanation.
     
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    Hope you are not talking about me because I already changed my mind.:D :)
     
  24. stratoc

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    at least 3 of the big runners with super low ram usage only admit to part of it. uninstall the program and you may notice one less svchost.exe running.
    As has been said clever use of ram is a better written program. Windows 7, for example is a good at using ram. No point in having 4,8,16 gig of ram with nothing using it, it's still a lot faster than ssd drives and a load faster than traditional hdds.
     
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